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| TitleOfWork: | war memorial | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | View from the street. | |
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| Medium: | grey and pink granite | |
| Location: | On the pavement outside the church, High Street. (SE431409) | |
| AtoZReference: | p.11 6G | |
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| Street: | High Street | |
| TownOrVillage: | Grimethorpe | |
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| MetropolitanBorough: | Barnsley | |
| Photographer: | Dave Ball | |
| ImageCopyright: | Sheffield Hallam University | |
| AccessionNumber: | b045a | |
| Inscriptions: On the front: "ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE / SOLDIERS & SAILORS / OF THIS VILLAGE / WHO GAVE THEIR / LIVES IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918" "MAY THEIR REWARD / BE AS GREAT AS / THEIR SACRIFICE" [List of names] "IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE / 1939 - 1945 WAR" [List of names] Commission: Money raised by public subscription. Comment: Names of the dead also include servicemen who died in later conflicts in N. Ireland, Palestine, Malayia and the Falklands, although this fact is not mentioned on the memorial. [1] References: [1] Conversation with James Richardson, Chairman of local British Legion (21/3/03) When was this installed? Who created it? Who commissioned it? |
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